Integration of GPS and Seismological Equipment with Inquiry Based Pedagogy for Geology and K-12 Preservice Curriculum

地质学（42）为了提高本科生利用现场设备和实验室练习的科学探究技能的学习，并保留地质学中的科学内容，我们将几个NSF资助的物理学（SCAMPI）和地震学（IRIS，SCEC）课程改编为综合讲座/实验室格式。 本项目将地震折射/反射、地震和全球定位系统（GPS）设备与基于探究的教学方法整合到我们针对三类学生的课程中：1）地质专业（包括职前中学生），2）普通教育非专业学生，3）职前（K-6）学生。 该设备的主要应用包括调查与当地地震记录有关的地震波传播情况以及当地断层和地质结构的地震剖面、板块构造运动以及地形和地质测绘工作。设备/课程目标包括协调三类学生的探究式科学教学，重点是本科专业的技术培训和小学教育专业的革新科学课程。 项目结果通过定性和定量相结合的方法进行评估，以评估我们的计划对学生对地质原理的概念理解的影响。 每年大约有400-425名学生参与从设备的入门使用到与工业就业相关的岩土工程和环境学科的广泛培训。

Geology (42) To enhance undergraduate learning of science inquiry skills utilizing field equipment and laboratory exercises and to retain science content in geology, we have adapted several NSF-funded physics (SCAMPI) and seismology (IRIS, SCEC) curricula into an integrated lecture/laboratory format. This project integrates seismic refraction/ reflection, earthquake, and Global Positioning System (GPS) equipment with inquiry-based pedagogy into our programs for three categories of student population: 1) geology majors (including pre-service secondary students), 2) non-majors in general education, and 3) pre-service (K-6) students. The main applications of the equipment involve investigations of seismic-wave propagation associated with local earthquake recordings and seismic profiling of local faults and geologic structures, plate tectonic motions, and topographic and geologic mapping exercises. The equipment/curriculum objective includes the coordination of inquiry-based science instruction for the three categories of student populations, with a major emphasis on technical training for our undergraduate majors and a renovated science curriculum for the elementary education major. The project results are assessed by a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods to evaluate the effect our program has on the student's conceptual understanding of geologic principles. Approximately 400-425 students per year are involved from introductory utilization of the equipment to extensive training for the geotechnical and environmental disciplines associated with industry-based employment.